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Hi,
Do not make the frame too long at the bottom. My first one was too long and made the backpack swing from side to side. The more centered the weight is to the CG, the more stable. I put the battery pack laying down on #1.... big mistake. The second one I made had the battery vertical. That one worked fine. |
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@Charlescd,
What you say makes sense. I'm following the attached plans for the cart as it's shown to fly with the LuteFisk wing. We'll see what happens in a few days...... |
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Got it up in the air and put full throttle on and esc died. Wing collapsed and gondola crashed against a stone. Minimal damage but it seems esc is dead
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Almost done. Need to pin the riser attached points thru the carbon tube, and decide if I want to add the landing gear. A square tube would have been better, but this is what I had on hand.
Per the advice in the thread on the Hobbying wing, I will try this again with the front risers shortened a few mm. I should also replace the 10x7 multirotor prop with a standard electric prop. Should be ready a little later this week. |
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And finished......
494.5 grams as shown. One battery is 276.5 grams. So with one battery, 771 grams, with two batteries, 1047.5 grams. Front risers shortened ~15 mm, need to set brake lines. I'm going to compare some of the risers to the LuteFisk wing plans, and if close, I will use the LuteFisk measured length for the brake lines as a starting point. We'll see how the weather co-operates (or not) tomorrow night. |
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Liking this thread! Any updates?
I saw that you ordered Tongs .5 Curious if that means you have given up on your endeavor or just plan to revisit it after you get some time with Tongs set up? My HK wing came in this morning. Excited to give this a whirl after going nowhere with the v1 HK wing. I had previously printed out one of Tom Stanton's designs and may start there. While rummaging through the box I had those parts stored in I realized I had also already printed out U2fletches RC paramotor cage! I'm hoping to have something I can use to both slope and also run with a motor. Looking forward to seeing more progress here. ~BG~ |
Last edited by BravoGolf; Apr 13, 2019 at 09:35 PM.
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Not at all! I actually just re-build my rig this morning after the bad crash last week. I loaded it up to 1.4kg and also made the mod to lower the front A lines of the wing which gives a bit better angle of attack. Next test fly - here we go.
I actually updated my design to be more flexible and have a bit more payload and also be able to add landing gear for softer landings. I been working the last couple nights on BitsyLED (a RGB LED configurator). |
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Well I am still waiting for wind to die down a bit.. in the meantime I finished my BitsyLED:
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So tried flying tonight again - I flew it pretty much 1x time and couldn't reproduce what I did before. I believe my launch sequence is not working out.
I flew the smaller Tong Paramotor - and had some great success. So I am thinking rebuilding the entire gondola since it's so beaten up at this point that it falls apart on every corner :-D |
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Need help setting up canopy on a Cloud backpack
Hello all,
I bought an HK canopy recently and also bought a Cloud 1.5 2.6M RC Paramotor back pack from RC-Castle. The directions are pretty bad. It’s just several pages of black and white pics. There’s differences in some of the pics that show a different build so I just guess as to which one to use. Missing parts and hardware too. In any case, I’ve got it mostly built but need to know how to attach the canopy. I have the main lines connected and need to know where to attach the brake lines and how to set up and attach steering lines. This is not noted on the instructions anywhere. I’ve checked a few sites and find pics of other models but not this one. I don’t have much experience with these types of models. Does anyone have experience with this set up? Thanks.. Don. |
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Last edited by Don 2416n; May 06, 2019 at 12:43 AM.
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Don
Good to see this coming together! It looks like all that is left to do is attach the brake lines. With the small carbines you have used you might make sure the lower D ring is on the inside edges. On all all my models the bridle is sorta flat to front, because of your mount I think you should ensure you have the middle D ring used for the brake lines so each D ring is in the middle. The brake lines should pass thru the D ring lower and then down to the arms. Originally there was a knot on the brake attached to the D-Ring. That approximate same length would be a guide to set your brake lines. You can also experiment with a pull test... using brakes off the wing should rise as you pull and with the brake on the wing should not rise. I've attached a couple photos that show two different mounts. Hope that helps. If you want help setting the brake line length I can show you how to do that. Here's a link as well to Opale tutorials. https://youtu.be/UEoCY5cZiRg?t=494 Jack Z |
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